Peanut roaster and warmer



(No Model.) A 2 sheets-sheet 1. J. B. BAR'THOLOMEW.

PEANUT ROA-STER AND WARMER. No. 428,879. Patented May 27, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN B. BARTHOLOHEWV, OF DES MOINES, IOWVA.

PEANUT ROASTER AND WARMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,879, dated May 27,1890.

Application filed November 5, 1888. Serial No. 289,952. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. BARTHOLOMEW, a citizen of the'United Statesof America, and a resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk andState of Iowa, have invented an Improved Peanut Roaster and anner, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My object is to improve the appearance, convenience, and efficiency of apeanut-roast: er; and my invention consists in the construction andcombination of a spring and rotating cover with a drivingshaft andgearing to operate the roasting-cylinder, with a portable case, ashereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in theac-' companying drawings, in Wl1lCl1 Figure 1 is a side view of thecomplete ma chine, from which parts are broken away. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same, from which parts are broken away. Fig. 3 is a sideview of the gearing and an enlarged section of the case to which theframe that supports the gearing is attached. Fig. t is a perspectiveview of a heat-distributer adapted to be placed under theroastingcylinder and over the burners.

A represents a portable case of common form.

B is a driving-shaft in bearings formed in or fixed to the oppositesides of the ease.

C is a spring-cover at the end of the shaft B.

C is a convolute spring fixed to the shaft at its inner end and to theinside of the outer portion of the cover 0 in such a manner that powercan be stored in the spring by rotating the cover.

at d are handles that project outward from the cover, so they can beseized by a person for the purpose of rotating the cover and winding upthe spring.

cl is a ratcl1et-wheel formed on or fixed to the periphery of the cover.

(1 is a pawl pivoted to the case A in such a manner that it will engagethe ratchetwheel and retain it stationary while the force storedin thespring is gradually expended in rotating the driving-shaft B, asrequired to actuate the gearing connected with its opposite end and onthe opposite side of the case A.

F represents a frame fixed to the side of the case to support gearingthat will transmit power to the rotating roastingcylinder G from thedi'ivingsliaft, and also a governor to regulate the speed of thecylinder as required to roast nuts uniformly therein.

h are enlarged extensions on the ends of the journals of the cylinderfor the purpose of facilitating the lifting and handling of the cylinderas required to fill in and empty nuts therefrom.

J is an open-topped tray, in which the nuts are placed after they areroasted. his a water-reservoir fixed against its under side.

It is a port or nozzle fixed in the bottom of the tray in such a mannerthat water can be poured through it into the reservoir and then. closed.

isa steam-eduction tube connected with the reservoir.

on is a safety-valve connected with the tube .2. m is a steam-whistleconnected with the same tube in such a manner that when the safety-valveis closed the whistle will serve as a safety-valve, and at the same timeperform the function of a Whistle to attract the attention of persons asrequired to promote the sale of roasted nuts.

n is a tube fixed to the casein such a manner that it will extendinwardunder the roasting-cylinder to support hydrocarbon-burners and upward atits opposite end to support an oil-reservoir a.

n is a branch tube that extends from the tube a to support a burnerunder the reservoir it. It is provided with a stop-cock, so that theburners under the roasting-cylinder maybe operated. Without operatingthe burner under the water-reservoir at the same time.

T is a heat deflector and distribut-er made of perforated sheet metaland placed under the cylinder G and over the burners under the cylinderin such a manner that it will aid in keeping a uniform heat in contactwith the cylinder as required to roast the nuts evenly.

s is a door hinged to the end of the casein such a manner that it can beturned down, as shown in Fig. 2, to gain access to theburners.

s is a sheet-metal shield fixed to the inside of the Wooden door toprotect it from the heat generated by the burners under the rotatingcylinder.

To operate my improved peanut-roaster I store power in the spring 0 byrotating the cover C and the ratchet-wheel combined therewith. B y meansof the gearing and governor combined with the shaft of the motor and thecylinder and the spring-cover havlng a ratchet-wheel on its peripherythe force of the spring is then applied to rotate the cylinder slowly ata uniform speed, while the heat generated by the burners roasts the nutsin the cylinder, and the steam generated 1n the water-reservoir willblow the steamwhistle at the pleasure of the operator, and also heat thebottom of the tray and keep nuts warm that are placed in the tray afterthey are roasted.

I am aware that a water-reservoir and steamchamber have been fixed tothehottom of the warming-pan of a nut-roaster, and that a steam-whistlehas been combined with a nutroaster; but my manner of combining awhistle and a safety-valve and a steam-generator with a nut-roaster isnovel and advantageous in that the whistle is controlled by means of thesafety-valve and the Valve and whistle jointlyconnccted with thegenerator by means of one tube.

I am also aware that spring-motors and governors have been combined witha mint in g cylinder and hydrocarbon-burners located under the cylinder;but my manner of comhining" a spring and spring-cover and arotatingshaft and my arrangement and combination of a steam-generator,safety-valve and whistle, an dhydrocarbon-burners with a portable caseis novel and. advantageous in that it produces a peanutfroastcr that isimproved in appearance, convenience, and el'ficiency.

I claim as my invention- A rotating cylinder adapted to retain nuts, adriving-shaft connected with the cylinder by means of gearing, aconvolute spring fixed to the driving-shaft, a rotating" spring-coverplaced loosely on the end of the driving-shaft and connected with theouter end of the spring, a continuous ratchet on the outersurface of thecover, and a pawl to engage the ratcl1et,arranged and combined with theframe and case of a peanut-roaster, to operate in the manner set forth,for the purposes stated.

R. 0. STUTSMAN, 'lnoMAs G. Onwle.

